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Gallerie
dell'Accademia |
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must for anyone with even the slightest interest in art! The former
church and convent of Santa Maria della Carita, with additions by
Palladio, hosts a collection that follows the progression of Venetiatian
art from teh 14th to the 18th centuries. Inside are such works as:
Giorgione's La Tempesta, Paolo Veronese's Fest in the House of Levi,
may works by Titian including Pieta and Presentation of the Virgin.
The core of the collection was assembled in 1756The interesting
collection of buildings house an extensive collection, including
many works that are quite tremendous in size and cover entire walls.
The Feast in the House of Levi was particularly impressive. Artists
that are featured prominently include Vittorio Carpaccio, Jacopo
Robusti detto Tintoretto, Gentile Bellini, Giovanni Bellini and
Giorgio da Castelfranco detto Giorgione. |
| Museo
Correr |
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design and initial building work on the Napoleonic Wing dates from
the years when Venice was part of that Kingdom of Italy (1806-1814)
of which Napoleon was sovereign and his stepson, Eugene de Beauharnais,
was Viceroy. The Museum is laid out in various sections that offer
a fascinating insight into the Art and History of Venice. The first
section occupies the Napoleonic Wing itself, a nineteenth-century
palace for kings and emperors; here the sumptuous Neo-classical
Rooms house a noteworthy collection of works by the greatest sculptor
of the age, Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Then, one passes into the
Procuratie Nuove, which were designed by the architect Vincenzo
Scamozzi (1552-1616) and once housed some of the most important
civic authorities within the Republic of Venice. The spacious rooms
now contain collections that document various aspects of Venetian
History – from daily life to public instutions, from naval
achievements to local festivities. |
| Peggy
Guggenheim Collection |
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection is the most important museum in Italy
for European and American art of the first half of the 20th century.
It is located in Peggy Guggenheim's former home, Palazzo Venier
dei Leoni, on the Grand Canal in Venice. Opened in 1951 by the niece
of Solomon R Guggenheim, wealthy American industrialist and art
collector, the museum presents Peggy Guggenheim's personal collection
of 20th century art, masterpieces from the Gianni Mattioli collection,
the Nasher Sculpture Garden, as well as temporary exhibitions. The
Peggy Guggenheim Collection is owned and operated by the Solomon
R Guggenheim Foundation, which also operates the Solomon R Guggenheim
Museum, New York, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Deutsche Guggenheim
Berlin, Guggenheim-Hermitage Las Vegas.
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| The
International Gallery of Moder Art - Ca' Pesaro |
| The
International Gallery of Modern Art contains important nineteenth-
and twentieth-century collections of paintings and sculptures, including
masterpieces by Klimt, Chagall and remarkable works by such artists
as Kandinsky, Klee, Matisse and Moore, as well as a rich selection
of works by Italian artists and an important section of graphic
art.
The lay-out has been completely redesigned, along with the information-apparatus,
and it provides an illuminating introduction to a crucial period
in art-history. |
| Ca'
Rezzonico |
The
museum retraces the Venetian life lie it was in the 18th century.
A lot of treasures, assembled since 1934, furniture, paintings and
decorative objects found in numerous villas and Venetian palaces.
You can visit a gigantic ballroom, enhanced by a series of remarkable
architectural perspectives, a throne room with an admirable rococo
ceiling painted by Tiepolo, the last of the great Venetian decorators.
You ca dream about the fastuous Venice period when Casanova organized
its famous orgies, games, balls, masquerades. |
| Venice
Naval History Museum |
| Venice
Naval History Museum: during the Serenissima Republic, in the day
of Sensa (Ascension) the cruising ship of Venetian Navy (il Bucintoro)
escorted the Doge (head of Republic) in tha lagoon celebrating the
rite of the wedding among the City and the Sea. Naval Historycal Museum,
owns by Italian Navy, keeps a copy of this marvellous ship and some
gondolas and many other treasures of the ancient seafaring Republics. |
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| Rome |
The
Barbarians
The
exhibition opens from January 26th to July 20th 2008
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